Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers shares closed lower in the Tuesday’s session.

Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 6.05%), Sikko Industries(up 4.95%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 3.37%), Bohra Industries(up 3.09%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 2.67%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 2.65%), National Fertilizer(up 2.35%), G S F C(up 2.15%), Madras Fertlizers(up 1.41%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.99%) stood among the top gainers.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 2.04%), Agro Phos(down 0.84%), Aries Agro(down 0.25%), Coromandel International(down 0.15%) and Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 0.09%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 40.7 points down at 17888.95, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 109.4 points at 60029.06.

Maruti Suzuki(up 2.31%), Titan Company Ltd(up 1.98%), NTPC(up 1.75%), State Bank of India(up 1.16%), Larsen & Toubro(up 1.13%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 1.08%), Bajaj Finance(up 0.56%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.49%), Axis Bank(up 0.47%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.44%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Steel(down 3.75%), Grasim Industries(down 2.51%), JSW Steel(down 2.34%), Tech Mahindra(down 2.07%), Hindalco Industries(down 2.04%), HCL Technologies(down 1.56%), Reliance Industries(down 1.46%), IndusInd Bank(down 1.35%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.3%) and Power Grid Corporation of India(down 1.2%) closed in the red.

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